Where: Somalia (10.0° N, 45.3° E: paleocoordinates 2.0° S, 36.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Auradu Limestone Formation, Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. W. Gregory. 1900. On the geology and fossil corals and echinids of Somaliland. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 56:26-45 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87396: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 17.03.2009, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Litharaea colae n. sp." = Goniopora microscopica
"Litharaea colae n. sp." = Goniopora microscopica Duncan 1863 stony coral | |
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Favia somaliensis n. sp.
Favia somaliensis n. sp. Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
"Columnastraea bicoronata n. sp." = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata
"Columnastraea bicoronata n. sp." = Stephanaxophyllia bicoronata Gregory 1900 stony coral | |
"Columnastraea phillipsiae n. sp." = Reussicoenia edwardsi
"Columnastraea phillipsiae n. sp." = Reussicoenia edwardsi Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Calamophyllia aylmeri n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri
"Calamophyllia aylmeri n. sp." = Tubicora aylmeri Gregory 1900 stony coral | |